Amazon.com Review
Are you ready to become a Junior Ranger? In Fisher-Price
Outdoor Adventures Ranger Trail, Ranger Rudy takes players to Camp Wonderoo for a handful of nature-related activities. Paint on the wall of a cave, race sailboats through a pristine river, stargaze, mix and match animal sounds at night, or gather around a campfire and sing songs with the other campers. Along the way, you can earn merit badges and collect plants and animals in a virtual scavenger hunt.
Aimed at gamers in the ages 4 to 7 range, Ranger Trail is, unfortunately, a program that fails on almost every level. Its educational content is simplistic and lags far behind that offered in other children's games. Most of its activities are standardized offerings players will have seen elsewhere--the paint program, for example--and the few that look like they might present an interesting challenge are too tough. They require reading and computer skills that will frustrate their targeted age group. Worst of all, the Wonderoo characters are dull, chirping their way through listless animations while their attempts at humor fall flat.
Additionally, Ranger Trail is loaded with long animations that can't be skipped and unfortunately make up the vast majority of the game's content. An extremely passive child might enjoy a game whose primary rhythm entails triggering five minutes of viewing after a few seconds of interaction; most, though, will wonder why they aren't just watching television.
The idea of taking players on an interactive camping trip is a fine one, but Ranger Trail really misses the mark. --Alyx Dellamonica
Product Description
Explore the great outdoors!
Strap on your backpacks and hit the trait for a real wilderness adventure inRanger Trails. Young campers are transported to Camp Wonderoo wherethey'll go stargazing, make cave paintings and explore a forest of fun! With a new discovery around every bend, plus badges and ranger certificaterewards, every kid will love discovering the world of the wild.
Join your child on a journey of interactive discovery and see how much funlearning can be.
- Interactive Adventure
- Encourages exploration
- Open up new worlds of creativity
- Excite the imagination and promote critical thinking
- Seven camping activities
- Over 60 wildlife animals and objects to uncover and identify
- Personalized nature photo album and printable scrapbook
- Family Camping Resource Guide with practical tips, resources, and information
- Promotes nature and wildlife learning
- Introduces early science concepts
- Encourages art and creativity
- Teaches respect for the environment
- Sing-along around the campfire and listen for animal sounds
- Learn about constellations as you match stars in the sky to the sky chart
- Create cave paintings with berries, feathers, leaves and sticks
- Become a Junior Ranger by finding all the animals, insects and plants
- Join your buddy for a boat race on the running stream
- Help Ranger Rudy load the bus with all the right outdoor gear
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